The iCrackPad. . .

[blazespinnaker]

Re: The iCrackPad. . .

Oh COME on..

Can the kindle do this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RjUS9Xlbx8

[grapejelly]

Re: The iCrackPad. . .

Kindle's whole system is ideal for SERIAL reading. That is, novels. It is very poor for random access. I don't really like nonfiction on Kindle except for biographies and concept type books I read from cover to cover.

Kindle was designed to get away from the issues of reading a screen. It is a delight to read and work with.

I'll have to see how I feel about the iPad and reading on it. I plan to continue with my Kindle. Books aren't mostly in color anyway. The Kindle was designed to emulate the reading experience of books, with the advantages of digital delivery and it is perfect for what it is.

I think the iPad is ideal for "casual computing" more than reading books. I love how the Kindle does NOT distract me by doing email and being a web type device. The iPad IS a web type device.

Different purpose.

Think about it this way: the PC can "do everything" but the gaming device attached to the television in the living room is "it" as far as games are concerned.

Markets splinter into specialized areas. There will continue being Kindles but I think the iPad will INCREASE the Kindle's acceptance rather than threaten it because it is a different type of device entirely, more of a plugged in online device while the Kindle is an offline device that occasionally connects online to sync pages you've read or fetch a new book.

[DToM67]

Re: The iCrackPad. . .

There's a limit to how many damn "devices" most of us will put up with.

The Kindle sounds intriguing, but I am unconvinced I want to cart around yet another device, no matter how good, if it is single purpose.

Like remote controls for the entertainment system... one for the tee-vee, dvd, cd, surround sound, etc.:eek:

I absolutely refuse to get a Blackberry because I simply don't want to be that available [I note that when others know you have a Blackberry they seem to expect that you are obligated to respond to their emails within 12 nano-seconds or they get upset that you are ignoring them].

Here here! It astounds me how "corporate culture" has invaded personal daily life - to the point that people expect you should be available wherever, whenever. I recall my boss calling one of our key supply partners (in Italy). The Italian contact was top tier management, and he answered his blackberry... ON THE BEACH, during his vacation! So wrong!

[seanm123]

Re: The iCrackPad. . .

I purchased one for my wife as a gift and it arrived yesterday. It is the size of a notepad, and will fit in my wife's purse easily, and so far she seems quite content to use it for her computing needs over the slow noisy Windows laptop that seems to need to be tethered to the wall for it's very existence.

Device is screaming fast and easy to use, much faster than the iPhone and because the screen and virtual keyboard are large spending allot of time using the device may be more tolerable. It is close to being a laptop killer as a Phone Operating System may ever get. I would expect many light PC users, who web surf, do email, do Facebook etc to switch over since the user interface is really, and I mean really charming. The range of potential customers in the USA is perhaps 70% of people who use laptops today.

Remember when laptops were originally introduced? They were then considered to be a small niche market and were thought suitable mostly for specialized business applications for accountants and sales representatives. Flash forward to today and there are already more laptops than desktops in businesses, and laptops are becoming obligatory for student use and more popular for general use. In 2008 more laptops than desktops were sold in the USA.


Downside? This Phone OS device does not support allot of things such as file storage and sharing and printing etc. Apple even recently turned down allowing anti-virus software being sold for their Phone OS devices. Their Achilles’ heel perhaps?